Paolo Maldini says Marcelo is the best LB

This argument shouldve ended at the mention of lahm.

nichabr wrote:zanetti, lahm, criscito and cheilini among others i dont have time to think of are all better and much much more rounded...marcelo gets hyped so much simply because he come from madrid and happens to be brazilian...

zanetti, cristico, Schmelzer, Balzaretti, lahm, enrique, abidal

jibers wrote:

nichabr wrote:zanetti, lahm, criscito and cheilini among others i dont have time to think of are all better and much much more rounded...marcelo gets hyped so much simply because he come from madrid and happens to be brazilian...

zanetti, cristico, Schmelzer, Balzaretti, lahm, enrique, abidal

Why don't you just throw Evra, Clichy, Kolarov, Baines, Maxwell, Alba in there too?

maldini is the new pele

che wrote:maldini is the new pele

With better hair

like that's an achievement lol

EarlyPrototype wrote:

jibers wrote:

nichabr wrote:zanetti, lahm, criscito and cheilini among others i dont have time to think of are all better and much much more rounded...marcelo gets hyped so much simply because he come from madrid and happens to be brazilian...

zanetti, cristico, Schmelzer, Balzaretti, lahm, enrique, abidal

Why don't you just throw Evra, Clichy, Kolarov, Baines, Maxwell, Alba in there too?

sad thing is all of those bar maxwell defends better than marcelo...

nichabr wrote:

EarlyPrototype wrote:

jibers wrote:

nichabr wrote:zanetti, lahm, criscito and cheilini among others i dont have time to think of are all better and much much more rounded...marcelo gets hyped so much simply because he come from madrid and happens to be brazilian...

zanetti, cristico, Schmelzer, Balzaretti, lahm, enrique, abidal

Why don't you just throw Evra, Clichy, Kolarov, Baines, Maxwell, Alba in there too?

sad thing is all of those bar maxwell defends better than marcelo...

Yep. Let me guess Anonini and Taiwo are now better too?

EarlyPrototype wrote:

nichabr wrote:

EarlyPrototype wrote:

jibers wrote:

nichabr wrote:zanetti, lahm, criscito and cheilini among others i dont have time to think of are all better and much much more rounded...marcelo gets hyped so much simply because he come from madrid and happens to be brazilian...

zanetti, cristico, Schmelzer, Balzaretti, lahm, enrique, abidal

Why don't you just throw Evra, Clichy, Kolarov, Baines, Maxwell, Alba in there too?

sad thing is all of those bar maxwell defends better than marcelo...

Yep. Let me guess Anonini and Taiwo are now better too?

nope both are utter crap...wanna name another milan player as if im going to be biased like a certain set of fans on this forum that cant live without one of their players being called a top 5 player...

nichabr wrote:

EarlyPrototype wrote:

nichabr wrote:

EarlyPrototype wrote:

jibers wrote:

nichabr wrote:zanetti, lahm, criscito and cheilini among others i dont have time to think of are all better and much much more rounded...marcelo gets hyped so much simply because he come from madrid and happens to be brazilian...

zanetti, cristico, Schmelzer, Balzaretti, lahm, enrique, abidal

Why don't you just throw Evra, Clichy, Kolarov, Baines, Maxwell, Alba in there too?

sad thing is all of those bar maxwell defends better than marcelo...

Yep. Let me guess Anonini and Taiwo are now better too?

nope both are utter crap...wanna name another milan player as if im going to be biased like a certain set of fans on this forum that cant live without one of their players being called a top 5 player...

Marcelo would shit all over all the players in that list and walk into the team. Though Lahm and maybe Enrque would keep their place.

So it's settled.

Marcelo is not a top 50 left back in the world.

I'll bump this in August.

also since we are marcelo bashing with ridiculous names

cissoko,jordi alba,mathieu, capedevila, nacho,wayne bridge,andres santos and a few 100 others

diptiman wrote:also since we are marcelo bashing with ridiculous names

cissoko,jordi alba,mathieu, capedevila, nacho,wayne bridge,andres santos and a few 100 others

all are comfortably better defenders. again marcelos positioning would make fabreagas as a cm for barca blush.

jibers wrote:

diptiman wrote:also since we are marcelo bashing with ridiculous names

cissoko,jordi alba,mathieu, capedevila, nacho,wayne bridge,andres santos and a few 100 others

all are comfortably better defenders. again marcelos positioning would make fabreagas as a cm for barca blush.

they are not.. how many real amdrid matches do you even see

Maldini is totally right. Marcelo is ze best!

Those players wouldn't even make Madrid's bench.

They have Coentrao to comfort them if they do though. :dance:

Don't see much sense in this discussion to begin with.

Saying he isnt the best is not bashing him, he's good, young and not even the final product yet.

He obviously improved, and some aspects of his defensive game are kinda good i.e tackling, but tactically he needs greater improvement. I'd give him a 5 as a defender.

Besides dont think he's even comparable to guys that proved themselves at the highest level consistently like Lahm.

Oh, and Maldini

McLewis wrote:To be the best, you have to play brilliantly against the best and not just one or two games. It has to be a consistent run.

Has Marcelo done this?

Was the best LB in CL last year and probably this year so far too,thats not just one or two games u know.

Against Barca
7 tackles, 3 interceptions, 2 clearences, 1 shot blocked, 2 key passes, 3 effective dribbles, 0 turnovers, 44 passes, 2 xcrosses, 6 long balls, 79 touches and 1 aerial duel won

= woeful performence

credits to Crimson for the stats

EDIT: Also had 17 more touches than the rest of the team

LOL owned.

omarish wrote:Against Barca
7 tackles, 3 interceptions, 2 clearences, 1 shot blocked, 2 key passes, 3 effective dribbles, 0 turnovers, 44 passes, 2 xcrosses, 6 long balls, 79 touches and 1 aerial duel won

= woeful performence

credits to Crimson for the stats

EDIT: Also had 17 more touches than the rest of the team

I believe that Marcelo is one of the best LB. he would be even better if he didnt link up with CR. with another player on the wing he would destroy teams

Ronaldo isn't helping him in defence.

if Di Maria plays on the left wing Marcelo will look much better in defence.

Kudos mamad. but i'm sure you are trolling again

billionmillion wrote:Kudos mamad. but i'm sure you are trolling again

how is he trolling?its true,di maria works for the team,he always tracks back and helps the RB

he says the truth, but i think he is trolling because i know him as a die hard fan of cr